Windshield wiper



May 1927' e. a. SAYRE' wmnsnmw wIrEn' Filed NOV. 9. 1925 INVEI VTOR.

A TTORNEY between the driving1 Patented I May 3, 1927.

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GORDON YB. SAYRE, OF SYRACUSE, N YORK, ASSIGNOR 1'0 OWEN-DYNETO CORPORA- rro r, or syaacusa, NEW Years, A coaroaarron or NEW Yoax. wmnsnrann wrraa.

Application filed November 9,

invention relates to improvements in M wind shield' wipers of the type in which a rotatable driving shaft is made'to move the wiping element across the face of the windshield glass to clean it. My invention relates more particularly to the connection between the'driving shaft and the'wlping element. Usually in structures of this kind,

the necessary resilience in the connection e wiper rod connecting if the wiper rod has some way, it has usually likely to get out of order, rather difficult to adjust and assemble, and expensive. The object of my invention is to produce a simple, cheap connection for a drivin shaft and wiping element, which can be reariily assembled, and in which thewiper rod is rigidly supported in the plane in which it swings while working to clean the glass,

ut which is pivotal'ly mounted so as to shield wiper lies in t been reinforced in been by mechanism permit the wiper-rod and the wiping ele-' ment. to on the glass. My plates reinforcing the wiper rod which will increase of its normal swing, and which will serve to press the wiping element with sufficient firmness against the glass. My invention is also intended to produce a structure of this kind which comprises a simple sin le unit capable of easy manufacture and-of eing easily assembled on the driving shaft, and which when once in place needs no'further adjustmove readily over any obstruction invention further contem in a manner ment, but serves nicely to hold the wiping element with suificientrigidity to insure its effective work, and with suflicient resilience to permit it to ride without damage over any obstructions, for example, frozen material, on the glass.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a ters indicate views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved device, the windshield being shown diagrammatically in dotted lines. Figure 2 is a front elevation of the structure shown in Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail section showing the connection between the wiper rod and drivin shaft.

In winds ield wipers of this class a rocorresponding parts in' all the shaft and the wind:

its rigidity in the direction gether so that they are,

part of this specification, in whichsimila'r reference charac-- 1025. Serial 1m 67,800.

tatable driving shaft 10 isusually arranged adjacent to the windshield, a d it carries a wiping element 11 which mo y 'es across the glass of the windshield. So far as m invention is concerned, the shaft 10 may-be mounted and moved in any convenient way,- and the wi ing element 11 may be of any preferred kind. On the shaft 10 I place a sleeve 12 which can be held against movement with relation to the shaft byv a set screw 13 or equivalent, and 'theouter end of the sleeve is reduced as shown at 14 to permit the spring member .15 and bracket 18 to be readily secured tethe sleeve. The spring member 15 is in the form of a flat spring and widens in the direction of the rotation of the shaft so as to make itrigid in this direction but flattens in a direction parallel with the shaft, so as to impart the necessary tension to the wiping element, as presently described. m

The spring member 15 is connected to the wiper rod 17 which carries the wiping element 11, and the connection should be a free connection. To this end the free end of the spring is turned up as shown at 16,. and the wiper rod extends through this upturned end portion. The fixed end 15' of the spring member 15 fits on over the reduced end 14 of the sleeve 12. Tommy the wiper rod 17 a bracket 18 is used which can be stamped out of sheet metal if desired, and this has one end portion formed into a ring 18 which fits on the reduced 'end 14 of the sleeve and abuts snugly against the ringportion 15 of the sprlng' member.

When these parts are assembled, the outer end of the part 14 of the sleeve 12 canbe upsetas shown at 14 in Figure 3, and thus the parts '12, 15 and 18 are all fastened toso far asmovement is concerned, one piece,- and this makes'a simple way of making the necessary rigid connection. I, I

The bracket 18 serves as a hanger for the wiper rod 17, and to this end it has upturned ears 18" between which is pivoted a block 19 which is preferably cylindrical, having reduced ends 19 journaled on the ears 18", and a set screw 20 is threaded into one end portion of the block 19 so as to impin e on the wiper rod 17 which extends throng the block. It will also be noted that the spring member'l5 is rigidly secured to the back of the bracket 18 as shown at 22 sothat the 0 as, v

1. A-windshield wiper comprising a driving shaft, a wiping element, a wlper rod connected with said element, a bracket fast on the shaftand to which said wiper rod is pivotally connected and spring means secured to said shaft and engaging said wiper rod to normally urge the wiping element against said windshield.

A windshield wiper comprising a driv-' ing shaft, :1 wiping element, a bracket fast on the shaft, a wiper rod connected to the wiping element and pivoted driving shaft,"ar 1 d.a flat spring member secured to the shaft and said bracket and connected to the wiper rod to normally urge the wiping element a ainst the windshield.

3. A windshiel wiper comprising a driving shaft, 0. wiping element, a sleeve on the driving shaft having a laterally projecting bracket, a wiper rod =connected to the wiping element and pivoted to the bracket so as to swing in a direction parallel with the driving shaft, and a spring member depending from the shaft and secured to the bracket and connected to the wiper rod to normal? urge the wiping element against the win shield.

4. A windshield wi er comprising a driving shaft a wiping ement, a sleeve on the driving aft, a bracket extending laterally I from the sleeve on the bracketso as to swing "enerallyparallel with the j and having upturned ears, 9.

wiper rod connectedto the wiping element and pivoted between the bracket ears, and a spring member depending from the shaft and secured to the bracket and connected to the wiper rod to normally urge the Wiping element against the windshield.

5. A windshield wiper comprising a driving shaft,- a wiping element, a sleeve secured to the shaft,"a laterally extending bracket on the sleeve, a flat spring between the sleeve and the back of the bracket, and a wiper supporting rod connected to, the wi ing element and pivoted on on the aforesaid bracket, the free end of said spring being loosely connected with the aforesaid rod for urging the wiper against the glass.

6. In a windshield wiper of the type described, the means for' connecting a dg'iving shaft and wiping element comprising a sleeve to fit the shaft, said sleeve having a reduced end, a bracket fitting on the reduced end of the sleeve, a flat spring member also mounted on the reduced end of the sleeve and secured to the bracket, means rig-- idly securing the spring member and bracket on the sleeve, a wiper rod pivoted on the bracket-(and a connection between the aforesaid spring and the wiper rod.

7. A windshield wiper comprising a driving shaft, a wiping element, a sleeve secured to the driving shaft, a bracket depending from said driving shaft and provided with upturned ears at its lower end, a supporting block between said ears, a wiper supporting rod adj'ustably secured to said supporting block and a spring member secured to said shaft and depending therefrom and connected to said bracket and engaging the wiper supporting rod for normally urging the wiper element against the windshield.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this 6th day of November, 1925.

GORDON B; SAYRE.

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